Barney Frank
- 7 February, 2000 -
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Barney Frank is now serving his tenth term in the United States House of
Representatives. He represents the 4th District of Massachusetts for the
Democratic Party and is a member of both the Judiciary and Financial Services Committees.
In his freshman year, he was voted the outstanding freshman in a survey conducted by
Public Television, and a recent evaluation of Congress, The Almanac of American
Politics, described Frank as "one of the intellectual and political leaders of the
Democratic Party in the House, a political theorist and pit bull at the same time."
Politics in America noted "Frank's penchant for trying to match liberalism with hard nosed
pragmatism in order to move the legislative ball."
In 1992, Congressman Frank published Speaking Frankly, a discussion of the role the
Democratic Party should play in the 1990's. He has published numerous essays on politics
and public affairs and has taught for the John F. Kennedy School at Harvard, Boston
University and the University of Massachusetts-Boston. |
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